John

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Contents

  1. How do you pronounce John?
  2. How popular is the name John?
  3. What does John mean?
  4. In what countries is John popular?
  5. Is John a girls name?
  6. Is John a boys name?
  7. What ethnicity is the name John?
  8. What are similar names to John?
  9. What words does John rhyme with?

How to pronouce, type, and say John

See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce John.

How to pronouce John

John ARPAbet pronounciation: JH AA1 N

John IPA pronounciation: ʤɑn

How to spell and type John

John in readable ASCII: john

John in hex: john

What does John rhyme with?

English words that rhyme with John.

The name John rhymes with:

abidjan abron alcon almazan alon
amman antoine aton azerbaijan azerbaijan
balaban baran bataan baton bhutan
bon bonn bonne bronn buisson
buthan c'mon caan cadogan caen
ceylon ceylon chandon chiffon chon
christiane christianne chuan come-on con
conn conn. cron daane dahn
dainippon defcon dejohn denouement dhaharan
dhahran dohn don donn dwan
eldon elston erbakan evonne fernand
forgone frohn gabon gaitan galvan
gibran gohn goings-on golan grandmaison
guei-yuan guinan haan hahn han
hassan hohn hon honn hron
hron huan hwan ilan iran
irelan jaan javan johan jon
jonn juan juan juran jwan
kahan kahn kazakhstan khan kohn
kon koran kron kuan kwan
kwon lacan lat-lon lian livan
lohn lon lujan maidan mak-kwan
maran mcconn milan milan mohn
moldovan mon monn moseley-braun naan
napolitan nilan nippon nithuekan non
ocon odds-on oman on one-on-one
oran orran pecan perignon pon
pousson pran put-on quon rapprochement
respawn rohn ron ronne run-on
saigon salon san-juan sanjuan santistevan
schon shon sian sichuan sohn
sonn sonne sorbonne spahn spawn
spohn srinivasan srinivasan st-john stephane
stjohn swan swann taiwan teheran
tehran thereupon thon tian tonn
toran tron upon villagran vivyan
wan wann whereupon whereupon won
xan xian xuan yaohan yirng-an
yohn yon yuan yvonne zhan

What does the name John mean?

Literal translations for the name John.

What does John mean in English?

john n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {can}, {john}, {privy}, {bathroom}] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: {John}, {King John}, {John Lackland}] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: {John}, {Saint John}, {St. John}, {Saint John the Apostle}, {St. John the Apostle}, {John the Evangelist}, {John the Divine}] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: {whoremaster}, {whoremonger}, {john}, {trick}] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: {John}, {Gospel According to John}]

Where is the name John popular?

See what countries the name John is most popular in.

Can John be a girls name?

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John is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:

Can John be a boys name?

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John popularity by country

See how popular John is for boys or girls in 11 country data sets.

How popular is John in Netherlands as a boys name?
In 2014 John was the 471st most popular boys name in Netherlands.

John boys name rank in Netherlands

How popular is John in Canada as a boys name?
In 2018 John was the 62nd most popular boys name in Canada.

John boys name rank in Canada

How popular is John in Australia as a boys name?
In 2019 John was the 97th most popular boys name in Australia.

John boys name rank in Australia

How popular is John in Sweden as a boys name?
In 2019 John was the 91st most popular boys name in Sweden.

John boys name rank in Sweden

How popular is John in United States as a boys name?
In 2018 John was the 27th most popular boys name in United States.

John boys name rank in United States

How popular is John in New Zealand as a boys name?
In 2019 John was the 61st most popular boys name in New Zealand.

John boys name rank in New Zealand

How popular is John in France as a boys name?
In 2008 John was the 503rd most popular boys name in France.

John boys name rank in France

How popular is John in Norway as a boys name?
In 2004 John was the 84th most popular boys name in Norway.

John boys name rank in Norway

How popular is John in United States as a girls name?
In 1988 John was the 988th most popular girls name in United States.

John girls name rank in United States

How popular is John in Ireland as a boys name?
In 2019 John was the 30th most popular boys name in Ireland.

John boys name rank in Ireland

How popular is John in United Kingdom as a boys name?
In 2018 John was the 122nd most popular boys name in United Kingdom.

John boys name rank in United Kingdom

What ethnicity is the name John?

Global data on the ethnicity of the name John.

What ethnicity is someone with the name John likely to be?

  • John has a 1.68% chance of being East Asian
  • John has a 0.22% chance of being Japanese
  • John has a 1.19% chance of being South Asian
  • John has a 0.22% chance of being African
  • John has a 0.09% chance of being Muslim
  • John has a 90.40% chance of being British
  • John has a 0.21% chance of being Eastern European
  • John has a 1.21% chance of being Jewish
  • John has a 2.18% chance of being French
  • John has a 0.60% chance of being Germanic
  • John has a 0.65% chance of being Hispanic
  • John has a 0.71% chance of being Italian
  • John has a 0.64% chance of being Nordic

John Probabilities

Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name John.

What is the most common profile of a person named John

Someone with the name John was most likely born in 1964.

Someone with the name John is most likely to be male.

Someone with the name John is most likely from this generation: Baby Boomers.

What names are similar to the name John?

Find similar names to John.